Improvement in hoop-fastenings



UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WILLIAM SPALDING, OF PETERSBURG, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOOP-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,564, dated August10, 1875 application filed May 15, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SPALDING, of Petersburg, Monroe county,Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Hoop-Fastening, of which thefollowing is a specification:

The object of this invention is to furnish simple, cheap, and convenientmeans for fastenin g the ends of hoops in manufacturing thesame; and itconsists of a triangular'plateclip, which covers the outer end of thehoop, having points or prongs thereon, which are passed through the hoopand clinched on the inside.

Figure]. is a side View of the hoop, showing the plate-clip applied.Fig. 2 is a cross-section of Fig. 1, taken on the line as m; and Fig.

nearly so, in the ordinary manner, which allows my metallic clip to bereduced in size and made available. The plate B is triangular in form,or nearly so, and at each angle or corner is a prong, E. These prongsare made tapering from the plate to the point, and, by means of an awlor suitable tool, are passed through the hoop and clinched on theinside, as seen in Fig.2, thus fastening the end tightly and securely tothe hoop, as seen in Fig. l.

The plate B may be held to the end of the hoop by a nail, F,"if desired,but the nail is not an essential feature.

It will be noticed that this fastening passes entirely over the end ofthe hoop,,thus rendering it impossible to catch or get loose.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent As a new article of manufacture, the plateclip B, of atriangular shape, and having prongs E at its corners, as and for thepurpose specified.

WILLIAM SPALD IN G.

' Witnesses:

ANDREW VIVIAN, HUME VIVIAN.

